This is another story in the Family series. You don't have to read the others, but things will make more sense if you do! Hope you all enjoy!

"C'mon Sam get up!" Alec ran over and pulled Sam to his feet. He didn't have time to be gentle; they had a demon on the loose and Dean was already running ahead of them. They'd been chasing this demon for a while now and it kept finding ways to slow them down. Alec had a cut over his eye and blood running down his face, Sam was limping, and Dean had his left arm close to his side to try and protect his ribs. And those were just the most obvious injuries.

Alec paced Sam until they were close enough that they were even with Dean. They were running through the halls of one of the building on a college campus. They'd been chasing this demon for most of the night, well actually most of the week, but this was the closest they had gotten yet.

"Where'd he go?" Sam asked, slightly breathless.

"Up around the corner," Dean replied back, equally breathless.

"If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me and just forget the world"

"What the hell is that?" Dean asked, looking back at Alec.

Alec quickly answered his phone and Dean groaned, "You've got to be kidding me…"

"Bad time. Call you back," Alec muttered quickly and then hung up.

"Who the hell was that and why is that your ringtone?" Dean immediately asked and Sam laughed.

"Well since you liked that song so much I was going to make it your ringtone, but then I thought you'd probably kill me for that and so I decided to make it mine and now you can't do anything about it," Alec smirked. "And it was Bobby, he probably has an update about the whereabouts on this demon which we obviously don't need…"

Dean knocked into him as they ran, "Why don't you stop your yakin' and catch up with this thing?"

"You told me no runnin' off without backup, remember?" Alec asked sarcastically.

Dean rolled his eyes, "Now you decide to listen to me?

"He seemed to conveniently forget that yesterday…" Sam threw in.

"Yeah and I got my ass chewed for it so now I'm listening!" Alec defended.

Dean slowed down as they neared the corner and Alec and Sam matched his pace. He motioned silently for Alec to take the left and Sam to take the right. Dean went out first so he could distract the demon.

"You might as well give up! There's no way out of here…" Dean said as he walked into the open room.

"You Winchesters might be a little too cocky…you haven't managed to catch me yet…"

Alec snuck around the corner and stayed in the shadows so he couldn't be seen. They were in another classroom, but Alec was happy to see that all the desks were pushed against the wall, less for them to run into.

"What do you call this? Cause it looks to me like you're trapped…" Dean said with a smile.

"You think just because your brothers are in the shadows I can't see them?" The demon asked and threw his arms out to the sides. Alec was lifted off his feet and thrown backwards into the wall.

Alec got to his feet just as Dean was thrown into the far corner. He ran to the demon and punched the guy across the jaw.

Dean was slow to get back to his feet. His ribs were killing him and flying across the room hadn't helped anything. He looked up to try and see where the demon was, but Alec and the demon were a blur of fists and Dean couldn't tell what was happening. Instead of getting in the way, Dean went over and helped Sam to his feet.

"This thing's either juiced up on something or we've been working too much…" Dean muttered as they both stood. They'd been working nonstop since they'd opened the Devil's Gate; they were trying to kill all of the demons they'd let loose, but it wasn't easy. One demon shouldn't be a problem for the three of them, but it had almost been a month of constant hunting and they were all tired.

"Exorcism! Now!" Alec slowed down long enough to yell, but then he went right back to fighting.

Sam immediately started in on the exorcism, but it only made things worse. The demon managed to sweep Alec's feet out from under him and slammed his head against the ground. Alec instantly went limp and the demon threw Sam off his feet and into the wall again.

"Dammit…" Dean breathed out. He couldn't do anything as the demon ran forward, grabbed him, and forced him up against the wall.

"That was almost too easy…" The demon taunted. It pulled back its arm and then slammed its fist into the side of Dean's face. He instantly tasted blood and spit it back in the demon's face. The demon glared, "Just for that, I'm going to kill you slowly…peel the skin from your bones…" He pulled his arm back and hit Dean again.

Dean's vision was swimming and the only thing holding him up was the demon.

"You know what might be fun…if I killed your brothers first," the demon smiled his wicked grin and then dropped Dean to the ground. Dean struggled to get to his feet as it made its way toward Sam. The demon was taking its time walking; it knew Dean wasn't going to get there any time soon.

Dean finally stood up and started over to Sam, but a movement caught his eye. One of the windows on the far wall started to open and a girl slipped inside. She silently made her way over to the demon, but stopped and looked over at Dean and smirked.

"Harper?" Dean said in confused recognition. Harper looked just as he remembered with her long brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and a backpack on her back.

Harper turned around and rolled her eyes at Dean, "Did you have to give away my surprise attack?"

The demon turned around, but Harper tossed Holy Water on it and it screamed in agony. She tackled the demon to the ground and then immediately started digging through her backpack. She dumped some more Holy Water on the thing before she pulled out what looked like a mat and then laid it out on the floor.

"What is that?" Dean asked.

"You'll see," Harper replied with a smile. "Help me for a sec…"

Dean ran over and helped wrestle the demon until he was standing on the mat. When Dean looked down he saw a Devil's Trap was printed on the mat. The demon tried to move, but the mat worked and the thing was stuck.

"You're joking right?"

"I call it Devil's Trap to Go. What do you think?" Harper asked. Her eyes were bright with excitement and her smile was so contagious that Dean couldn't help but laugh.

"Did you come up with this yourself?" Dean asked and Harper raised her eyebrows, waiting for Dean's reaction. "It's genius!"

Harper blushed a little and then gestured to the demon and asked, "Do you want to do the honors or should I?"

"Harper?" Sam's confused voice suddenly cut through the air before Dean could answer and Dean and Harper both looked over at him.

"Sam! It's been too long!" Harper ran over to Sam and threw her arms around his neck. Sam instantly hugged her back and laughed. Harper took a step back and looked Sam over, "You're taller than I remember!"

Sam's smile widened, "Yeah, I finally hit my growth spurt." Sam looked at the demon and Dean could tell Sam was surprised to see the demon trapped. "What happened?"

"Harper's a genius, that's what happened! Now who wants to exorcise this bitch?" Dean asked with a smile.

Sam quickly stepped forward and started the exorcism and Dean looked over at Harper, "Stay here ok?"

Harper laughed a little, but nodded and Dean went over to check on Alec who was still out on the floor. Dean crouched down and lightly touched Alec's shoulder. "C'mon kiddo, time to wake up."

Dean had to shake his shoulder a few times, but Alec finally groaned and slowly turned to face Dean and mumbled, "Did we get it?"

"Yeah, we got it…you good?"

Alec nodded, but then winced at the motion, "Head injuries are the worst…"

"I know. C'mon there's someone here I want you to meet," Dean said as he carefully pulled Alec to his feet.

"Who?" Alec asked in confusion.

"You'll see…"

Dean walked Alec back over to where Sam and Harper were. Harper's eyes widened at the shock of seeing Alec, but Dean knew she'd wait for an explanation before she made a judgement.

"Harper this is Alec, Alec that's Harper," Dean quickly introduced.

Harper smiled and quickly shook Alec's hand, "Nice to meet you Alec."

Alec was stunned into silence and Dean chuckled, "Don't mind him, head injury and all…"

"Harper, how'd you find us?" Sam asked after a moment.

"Bobby called me. Said you guys had been hunting down a demon and could use a hand. I was nearby, and it's been a few years…" Harper trailed off and shot a look to Dean who looked down guiltily.

"What's that?" Alec suddenly asked, pointing to the mat under the guy that used to be the demon.

"Devil's Trap to Go," Harper quickly answered as she gathered up the mat and put it back in her backpack.

Alec smirked, "Nice…why don't we have one of those?"

"It's one of a kind," Dean said and he looked over at Harper as he said this.

Alec swayed a little and Harper looked at him in concern, "Maybe we should head to a motel and catch up there…"

Dean nodded his agreement and they all started for the door. Dean hung back a little until he was walking beside Harper. It felt right to be next to her again; it'd been way too long since he'd seen her and he had to admit that he missed her.

"So, you didn't really say hello earlier…" Dean said as they fell into step together.

Harper smiled and nudged Dean to the side, "I was a little busy saving your ass…"

"Well, then I haven't thanked you yet…" Dean raised his eyebrows in suggestion and she laughed.

Harper stopped walking and Dean turned to face her. "You're right, you haven't…" She stood on her tiptoes and leaned in until her lips were next to Dean's ear. Dean felt chills as her cool breath brushed by his ear and he closed his eyes in anticipation.

"Thank me later," Harper whispered. She stepped back and gave Dean a teasing smile and then caught up with Alec and Sam. Dean groaned, but then chuckled and followed the others outside.

More soon...